Rotary pump.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. CONNOR, OF ANDERSON. SOUTH CAROLINA.

ROTARY PUMP.

Application filed June 26, 1917. Serial No. 1772091 liv it known that l.(lemmi: ll'. ('ux'xuu. :i citizcn ol thc lluitcil Stalins. rcsitlinlgIr:it A\u lcrsou. in thc count)Y of .\mlvrson :intl Statt` ol' South(`:u'oliua. hai'c iu\'cutc l ncw uml usvlul lmprm'vmcnts` in Rotarylnmps. ot' which thv l'ol|o\\in; lr is :i `spvcilicntiuu.

rl`his iurcntion rclalcs tu rotar) pumps. thc ulijvcl iu icw living.r tnprm'iilc a .simpltn rvlizihlv :iiul unich actingr pump ol thv rotarytypc. vmhotlyinir. in continuation. :l gcucrzilli' cvi'lintlricnlcasing. :i rotor thcrc in, :intl :t noi'cl "nistruciion :mtl :irralrgcAlm'nt ot' pumping llhulc cztrrictl nml lrircu ln' sait! rotor iurvlatiun to which it has :i slitlingly action` saitl hlzulv cmhotlyingrpas-h` ing. mcans forming :i litpIitlAtilht joint hc- .twvvn thevxtrcim' outvr vilgvs thvrcutI its will as the latcral vtlgcs of thcsaint.

with thc allorv :nul othcr ohjccts in ricw. tlu'-, invcntion consists inthc norcl construction` cmnllination :intl :u'rangcincnt of parts.`hcl-cin fully tlvscrhcil, illustratvtl anti claiinctl.

ln thv accompanying drawings?.-

l"i{ furc 1 is :l sith clcrntion of :t rotary pump cuiliociviug thcprcscul inrcntion.

Fig. l is a cross ,scction through thc 4snmc on thv liuc 2vs2 oi Fig. l.

Fig. Ii is :l tlizuuvtrii'al scction through thc casing on thv liuc:Smil of Fig. L.

Fig. 4 is a pcrspcctirv ricw of the lilzulv ,sect iolls ilisconncctctl.

The rotary pump contvinplatctl in this iui'cntion compriscs asubstantially cylindrical casintgr L which is stationary :unl which mayhe prorillvtl with any suitahlc suppiortimgr linac. 'l`lu` casing 1coulpriscs au iiilct chalnlicr l which comnuluicatcs with thv intcriorof thv casing hy invaus of inlvt `pcrforations 3 through which theliquid rcnchvs the iutcrior of the casing.

The casing: l is provitlvtl with a similar `outlct` chamhcr i whichcouununicntcs with thv iutvrior of thc` casino' 1 hy invans of|urforations 5. 'lho perfor-ations 3 and 5 nrc yin 'r'zu-t lormctl inthcr wall of the easing: l, auch pvrforalctl portions ol thv, eas inglivingr covvrctl hy substantially suiniti'liiulrieal hoods (S :mtl 7 ashcst shown in Fig. 2.

Mountctl within thv casing l is a rotor 8 of consitlcruhly .smallvrtlianictcr than the inlvrnal liuirnsions of thv 'using 1.y salti rotor 8living ecccntrie with rvsifieett to the ccntvr of the casing 1 andtouchinlr mthe Specification of Letters Patent.

lzit'ontvtl Oct'. 2%). 1918.

Renewed September 18. 1918. Serial No. 254.678.

im'icr pcriphcrnl wall ol thv 'using 1 at a point t). lhc rotor S isprnvitlvll aty one cnil with a stuit .shaft it) which is rcceivvtt m atuhular hvarmg vxtvnsion 11 ol thc casimg l. :i hall thrust livin-ing 12living interloavr may liv applied to the shaft llhy uur ,suitahlc means.

Thv rotor 9 is provitlctl with a central tliamctrical gnitlvat'ny orpass-ngc 17 which rc1-circs sliilinglv :in automatically shiftingpumping hhnlc 1H ot' considerably greater lvngfth than thc iliamctcr ofthv rotor 8 m# shown in Fig. rl`hv hhulc S is formed of two sci-tions:is illustratvtl in Figs. Q and 4. cach of saitl .scctionslivingprovitlcd betwvcu thv cutis thm-vof with a transverselycxtvniling; liar or rih 19.A A spring 20 is iutcrl'msctl hvtwcvn thcrihs 1f) and acts t0 hohl thv cxtremv vtlgcs 21 ofthe hlarle in contact.with the innvi: pvriphvry of the casing i. Lateral packing strips` Q2are arrzuigcil in thc spat-vs livtwvvn the inner faces of thv svctiousof thv lilatle and are pressed outwardly hy nivans of springs 23 intoclose ltpiitlstigrht Contact with thv side Walls or hcatls Q4 of thvcasing.

From thv forvfloing description taken in conncctiou with. thvaccompanying drawingsl it` will now he svvn that I have prodncvtl a rvrysiinplv quick acting rotary or cvntrifugral pump adapted for a greatnumhvr of purposes and uses. The pump comprises rvry fcw partsantl'thvse parts are ot' siinplv antl invxpt'insive construction and nnwhe casily rvncwvtl. :The hall bearings 12 'rvrlucv thc.l friction on thestud shaft 1() at onv cnil of thv rotor and if fleshed-other hallbcarings Qt may be placed around the powcr rccvivug shaft 16 whichdrives the rotor. One of the heads of the casing is made detachable asshown in Fig. 3 to give access to the parts"`cmituinetl within thecasing.

T claimt-f ln a rotary punipQin coinbination, a hollow casing ofgifiiitiially-zylimlrical formation, substantially semimireular hoodsarranged at opposite places and extending" GEORGE ('UNNUR.

